San Miguel de Salinas

San Miguel de Salinas

There is an hour when the Costa Blanca still belongs to no one. The sun climbs slowly over the pine-clad hills, a soft breeze carries the scent of sea and wild rosemary, and in the distance the golf course lies empty. You step outside barefoot, coffee in hand, and the only sound is birdsong and water spilling gently over the edge of your pool.

This is how a day begins at Las Colinas. Here life is not rushed but savoured: a round of golf on one of Spain's finest courses, a long lunch with friends, an afternoon where nothing is required and everything is allowed. Mediterranean living in its mos…